Malaysia vs St. Lucia

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Malaysia and St. Lucia, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Malaysia compared with St. Lucia
Malaysia	Measure	St. Lucia
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
1	Resorts in our catalog	17 (better)
–	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
–	Nightly rates	$87–$810/night pp
0 of 1	Adults-only resorts	8 of 17
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
April–October, wettest September–October	Rainy season	June–November, heaviest September–October
December–March	Sweet spot	December–April
Malay (English widely spoken)	Language	English
Malaysian ringgit (RM/MYR); cards common in cities	Currency	East Caribbean dollar; USD widely accepted
240V, Type G plugs (UK-style; bring an adapter)	Power	240V, UK-style Type G plugs
On the left	Driving	On the left
Kota Kinabalu International (BKI)	Main airport	Hewanorra (UVF)
~22–26h from the US with one or two stops	Flight time	~4.5–5h from the US East Coast

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Malaysia

St. Lucia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Malaysia and St. Lucia
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Malaysia · high °F	90	91	91	91	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	88
St. Lucia · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
Malaysia · rain (in)	1.4	2.0	4.1	7.4	9.1	7.0	7.8	8.5	12.8	13.5	9.2	3.5
St. Lucia · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2

Approximate climate normals for Langkawi and Northwest coast (Rodney Bay–Soufrière): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.